Entry 19 May 21st

Stabbing spree leaves 4 dead in Taiwan subway

Johnson Lai

In the capital of Taiwan the killing of 4 people in a subway took place. At at the 21-year-old second-year student at Tunghai University in the central city of Taichung was wielding a knife on a subway leading to the southwestern suburbs of Taipei. The boy killed four people and injured 21 others during the attack. Photos of the attack showed blood splattered subway car and video of men using umbrellas to restrain the attacker. Security guards quickly called police who then apprehended him and said he reeked of alcohol. The man told the police the he wanted to do something "Shocking" and had been planning this since childhood. He there were no other motives involved and he did not suffer from any mental health problems. 

He boarded the train two stations earlier and started stabbing people when they passed the first. The attacker was using a 10 centimeter knife and was carrying another that was 30 centimeters longs. He stuck victims in the stomach and chest. Attacks like this are very rare in Taipei.

I cant imagine how someone could think that stabbing a bunch of people on a subway would be a good idea with having any sort of mental instability. The people on the subway were innocent and should not have hurt or killed from stupidity. The security guards on the subway should have been more aware of what was happening and should have intervened. Also they should station a guard on all of the subways so this wont happen again.